Elayce Ismail

Director Dramaturg Librettist

Elayce is a London and Lisbon-based freelance creative, working internationally as a director, dramaturg and librettist across theatre, opera and film. She is Artistic Associate at Music Theatre Wales, and was recently Head of New Work (maternity cover) at the Donmar Warehouse.

Credits

RECENT THEATRE:
Co-Director, CALVINO NIGHTS, Minack Theatre, 2022
Director, SHEDDING A SKIN, Soho Theatre 2022 (revival)
Director, LOVE AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE, Donmar Warehouse, 2021
Director, SHEDDING A SKIN, Soho Theatre, 2021
Director, IF NOT NOW, WHEN?, National Theatre, 2019
Director, NANJING, Royal Exchange Manchester/Birmingham Rep, 2019
Director, UNDER MILK WOOD, Northern Stage, 2018
Director, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS & tour, Northern Stage, 2018
Director, NANJING, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018
Director, GIRLS, Soho Theatre/HighTide Festival/British Council Edinburgh Showcase & tour, 2016 & 2017

RECENT OPERA:
Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Ensemble intercontemporain/Philharmonie de Paris, 2021
Revival Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Opéra national du Rhin, 2019
Associate Director, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, 2019
Director, THEY WHISPER DON'T GAZE AT THE STARS..., ENO, 2019
Associate Director, DIE WALKÜRE, Royal Festival Hall, 2019
Assistant Director, 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Opera House, 2018

RECENT FILM:
Creator/writer, OUR DARK SIDE AND THE MOON, ROH, 2021
Director, NANJING, Theatertreffen Stückemarkt, 2021
Creator/writer, AMAZON, MTW & London Sinfonietta, 2020
Director, SIMONE, Young Vic, 2018

RECENT DRAMATURGY:
Dramaturg, UNTOLD (opera), Muziektheater Transparant Belgium, 2023
Dramaturg, THE MOUNTAINS WE CLIMB (theatre), GSMD, 2023
Dramaturg, THE HOUSE OF JOLLOF OPERA, MTW, 2023
Dramaturg, MONUMENTS (film), Donmar Warehouse, 2020
Dramaturg, UNSEEN (film), Streetwise Opera, 2020
Dramaturg, OTHELLOMACBETH (theatre), HOME/Lyric Hammersmith, 2018

Training

LISPA postgraduate diploma in Creating Theatre and Performance

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French, Italian

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